Stellapps gets patent for farm management system
Dairy technology start-up, Stellapps Technologies Pvt Ltd, on Monday, said it has been granted a 20-year patent for its invention – farm and herd management system, which helps dairy stake holders to remotely monitor and manage their farms through mobile devices. “We have been granted a patent for an invention in the automated, IoT-based, artificial…
All-women milk business gives better living standard for rural families in UP
Women in the parched landscape of the Bundelkhand region are steering towards self-sufficiency through milk production run by a well-structured women self-help group that has expanded to over 40,000 female members. These women are partners in Balinee Milk Producer Company Limited and have taken big strides since the inception of the company in 2019. The…
Kwality Wall’s hits Rs 1000 crore mark
Kwality Wall’s, the frozen dessert brand of Hindustan Unilever, has reached a business of Rs 1,000 crore backed by product innovation and growing distribution channels, including quick commerce even as there is pressure of rising raw material prices. “Despite two years lost due to Covid, the category is coming back to momentum and of course,…
Haryana to raise purchase price of milk
Cooperation Minister Dr Banwari Lal today said the Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation had decided to increase the purchase price of milk from Rs 770 to Rs 800 per kg fat from October 1. The decision will directly benefit the milk producers. The minister said this would help the milk unions to reduce the cost…
How this D2C milk delivery startup helping farmers earn better income
Started in 2013 by IIM Indore alumni Chakradhar Gade and Nitin Kaushal, Country Delight, is a tech-first direct-to-home consumer brand delivering natural food essentials directly from the farmer to the doorstep of the consumer. The brand enters a household with fresh milk as the hook and does 8 million deliveries per month across 15 cities…
How dairy politics is playing out in north Gujarat
For nearly a fortnight now, the Chaudharys of north Gujarat have been protesting against the arrest of former minister Vipul Chaudhary. A member of the ruling BJP in Gujarat, Chaudhary had once sided with Shankersinh Vaghela during a rebellion. He has been arrested on the alleged charges of irregularities worth Rs 800 crore in Dudhsagar…
Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy calls for promotion of organic milk
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday called for the promotion of organic milk and strengthening of services in veterinary hospitals in the state. During a review meeting of Animal Husbandry Department on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said, the production of organic milk should be promoted and awareness should be created among…
Smart labelling shouldn’t mislead consumers: Marketing of dairy foods
A lot of what we consume, food or otherwise, is influenced by our perception of it, rather than by facts. According to Food Marketing and Technology magazine, an average food and drink company in the B2B space spends around 24 per cent of its revenue on marketing. For scale, the food and beverage industry accounts for 3…
Gujarat dairy farmers pour milk on road, left cows at collector’s office
The farmers accused that the Gujarat government had promised about Rs 500 crore assistance for their cows, but none of the cowsheds got a single rupee. Because of this people left the cows at Collectorate Kacheri. Demanding a fair price in milk procurement and the removal of the cattle’s law, the Gujarat farmers poured milk…
Lumpy Skin Disease: Are we staring at a milk drought in Maharashtra?
With farmers struggling to contain the fast-spreading infectious Lumpy Skin Disease that has affected an estimated 19,000 cattle in the state, dairy unions fear that milk shortage could disrupt market and hit consumers like you hard Dairy farmer Dnyaneshwar Patil is in a tizzy when we meet him on a weekday afternoon at his cow…